This time, Lin Dong did not enter the underground river under the Dragon Mouth Mine.
Instead, he entered the underground river under the Immortal Cave of Dragon Mountain. Although the real underground palace had been found, Lin Dong wanted to know what kind of connection there was between the underground river in the Immortal Cave of Dragon Mountain and this place.
The ancients had left two stone chambers there, but there might be other secrets.
Lin Dong had been busy all this time.
Now that he finally had some time, he wanted to go in and take a look. Maybe he would find something surprising!
With the military's help, not only did the Immortal Cave refuse to welcome guests, even the Dragon Mountain was closed for half a month with the excuse of renovation. A large number of soldiers were stationed there, and the checkpoints were densely packed. Even if the foreign forces were prepared, it would be impossible for a spy to infiltrate. Fang Yizhi, Li Qing, Xie Qingyang, and the other genetic warriors were all dispatched. Several small teams formed a large team and followed Lin Dong into the underground river to "hunt."
"The Dark River Lizards here are weaker than those over there!" Xiao Yuanlian discovered that there was a difference in the combat power of the lizards in the two places.
"There are more of them here, and they are also bigger. But the strange thing is that the ones over at the Dragon Mouth Mine are stronger! Strange, what's the reason? "Hai Dongqing could not figure out why.
"It's because of their bloodline." Of course, Lin Dong knew the truth, but he would not tell them the whole truth. He only told them part of the truth. "I guess the lizards here are the descendants of those from the other side. Because they don't have many natural enemies, they reproduce very quickly from generation to generation. Also, because they have sufficient nutrition, they grow bigger. However, this doesn't mean that they're stronger. The Darkriver Lizards in the Dragon's Mouth Mine have too many natural enemies. To survive, they must have sufficient strength. This is the survival of the fittest in every generation, so it makes sense that they're stronger. "
"Chief, if these lizards are not strong enough, will it affect the effect of the medicine?" Fang Yizhi was most concerned about this problem.
"In terms of strengthening potions, if I have this level of energy, it should be enough." Lin Dong smiled. "As for refining the Beauty and Vitality Potion, I think it's a little overkill. In the future, when we train more people, we can use crocodiles or other reptiles as substitutes. I'm thinking, in a year or two, when we're not so busy and the conditions are ripe, we can create a drink that adds vitality elements to it, allowing ordinary people to strengthen themselves. Although the effect of this drink is very slight, if it is consumed over a long period of time, it can also increase one's immunity, maintain one's vitality, and gradually improve and strengthen the body! "
As soon as the genetic warriors heard this, they applauded enthusiastically. "Good!"
If it could be made into a beverage, China would be able to strengthen its entire population.
One or two years might not be enough to see the results, but if this continued for decades, the descendants of Huaxia would definitely be more outstanding than other races of the same age. If this were to be pushed back a few hundred or a thousand years, would the ruling class of Earth still have any objections?
Yu Tongtong was a little excited, but she also considered a lot. "Wishes are beautiful, but it's very difficult to put them into practice! For example, how do we maintain our unique recipes? Once the drink is out, it would be strange if the foreigners didn't study it with all their might! Secondly, the cost. Let's not talk about making money. How much do we need to sell to break even? This is a problem! And thirdly, even if we only allow it to be sold in China, there's no guarantee that no one will take the risk to smuggle it out. It's too difficult to absolutely ban this! "
In fact, Lin Dong had considered these problems. "We don't have to worry about the recipe for now. It's not easy for the foreigners to crack it. At least for a hundred years or so, they won't be able to completely crack it. But the cost is a problem. This has to be calculated carefully. If we're not careful, we might lose money. "
Yu Tongtong didn't expect the problem of the recipe to be solved so easily. She was happy. "The cost is not a problem. The biggest problem now is the counterfeiting and smuggling!"
Lin Dong shook his head. "I don't care about counterfeiting and smuggling … When the time comes, I'll make this drink more suitable for our Chinese genes. Even if there's no difference in the beginning, I believe there will be a difference after a long time. This way, the foreigners won't be able to beat us no matter how much they drink it!"
"This must be very difficult, right?" Cheng Mingge felt that this would be a big project.
"Very difficult!" Lin Dong nodded in acknowledgment.
"If it's too difficult, forget it. We have plenty of time. We can take it slow. There's no need to rush to popularize this drink," Yu Tongtong said kindly.
"We'll see. This is just a concept for now." Lin Dong actually wanted to collect more power of faith as soon as possible, but this really couldn't be rushed.
Seeing Lin Dong sigh.
The genetic warriors felt very uncomfortable.
They hated themselves for not being able to help at all.
Fang Yizhi and Li Qing didn't say anything, but their hearts were tense. They really hoped that there would be a place where they could work for him.
Qianjun saw through their thoughts. He laughed and scolded, "The most important thing for you now is to improve your strength! Otherwise, when we really need you to do something, you won't be able to do it! This training will be different from the previous ones. Every five people will be responsible for one DarkRiver Lizard. If you can't complete the task, your training will be doubled! "
"Yes!" Fang Yizhi, Xie Qingyang, and the rest of the genetic warriors answered loudly.
It was somewhat difficult for them to fight the DarkRiver Lizards in a group of five.
Previously, they had been in a group of 10.
However, these genetic warriors had sufficient experience, and their combat power was increasing every day. Moreover, the DarkRiver Lizards here were relatively weak.
Therefore, if they were to grit their teeth and complete the task, it would still be possible for them to complete it!
Lin Dong chased several hundred DarkRiver Lizards over like ducks. Fang Yizhi and the rest started fighting crazily on the shallows. Using everything they had, they managed to knock the DarkRiver Lizards over, tie them up, and send them out of the cave.
It was extremely difficult for a group of five to capture a DarkRiver Lizard alive.
By the time they finished the task, two days had passed. Lin Dong had already brought Cheng Mingge, Yu Tongtong, and the rest to explore the nearby DarkRiver. Aside from the monsters, there were indeed many interesting sceneries in the DarkRiver. There were all sorts of glowing fishes and mushrooms, transparent shrimps, and extremely long eels. There were waterfalls and cliffs everywhere. When one stepped into it, one could often see several meters long giant fishes bobbing up and down in fear.
"You're so big, yet you're so timid!" Yu Tongtong was very unhappy. She had wanted to take a photo with the big fishes. Unexpectedly, her wish couldn't be fulfilled.
"…" Qianjun was speechless.
She was 100% sure of that.
It wasn't a matter of courage at all for those giant fishes to escape. If Lin Dong wasn't here, if Yu Tongtong dared to enter the water, she would most likely be eaten.
How could a guy that could grow to such a size be a good guy? Don't be too naive. This was an underground DarkRiver where the strong preyed on the weak. It wasn't a safe place even for a second. Did you really think that this place was so peaceful?
The reason why this place looked so cute was because there was a strong wood!
If he wasn't here.
Then the true face of the entire DarkRiver world would be revealed! At that time, you would probably only be screaming!
"Take a photo, take a photo!" The cute girl and Chu Ling 'er were very obedient during the first two days. They were very careful, looking here and there. Although they were curious, they didn't dare to leave Lin Dong's side. On the third day, they finally had the guts, especially Chu Ling 'er. She found that although there were a lot of monsters in the DarkRiver, they were very kind and didn't eat people at all. Therefore, whenever she saw a monster, she would rush over to take a "selfie".
"Be careful not to slip!" Cheng Mingge told her to be careful, but this girl didn't listen at all. When she saw a monster lying in the water, she was so excited that she almost went into the water to take a photo with it.
Ye Qianru rolled her eyes.
If Lin Dong wasn't here, this girl would probably enter the monster's stomach in the next second.
The monster looked extremely ugly. Its eyes were bulging like balls, its mouth was full of sharp teeth, and there were two rows of sharp spikes on its head. Chu Ling 'er had seen a lot of monsters these days, so she wasn't afraid of it at all. She even gave this monster a name, "Little Spiky Ball".
The cute girl was timid and didn't dare to get close to this monster. She took a photo of Chu Ling 'er with her phone from afar.
This "Little Spiky Ball" was a big monster that weighed a few tons. On the surface, it looked very stupid, silly, and harmless, but Lin Dong knew that this guy was actually an old guy. Its spiritual wisdom was much higher than ordinary monsters. It didn't hurt Chu Ling 'er and pretended to stay on the shore to take photos of her. It wasn't because it wanted to secretly eat her, but because it found that this girl and the group of people behind her had super abundant spiritual energy.
The monster didn't dare to get close to the terrifying Lin Dong, deeply afraid that it would be killed as soon as it got close.
But from the bottom of its heart, it hoped that it could follow behind Lin Dong.
It wanted to be a guardian beast that ate well and drank well.
It used a roundabout strategy and carefully approached Chu Ling 'er. Seeing that Lin Dong wasn't angry, it stayed there quietly and let the little girl take photos. When she was about to leave, it immediately caught a fish and threw it on the shore as a gift for her, hoping that this would make her happy and accept it …
"So smart!" Chu Ling 'er was really happy and jumped up and down.
Seeing that this trick was effective, the old monster immediately dived into the water and caught more fish.
It piled the fish in front of Chu Ling 'er.
Cheng Mingge and the others were stunned.
No way?
This monster was too smart. It actually knew how to please people?
Chu Ling 'er was in a good mood. She grabbed Lin Dong's big hand and desperately said in a spoiled manner, "Uncle, why don't we adopt it?"
"I don't think so. It's too ugly!" The cute girl was a standard creature that only cared about appearance. She didn't like anything that wasn't cute. The little spiky ball was too ugly for her. So, this time, she didn't vote for her best friend.
"It's not ugly. I think it's beautiful! Uncle, not only is it beautiful, it's also very smart! "The more Chu Ling 'er looked at the smart little spiky ball, the more she liked it.
"This is smart? This is cunning! "Lin Dong was speechless.
"Cunning is also smart!" Chu Ling 'er wanted to adopt it.
"No, if I'm not here, you might be swallowed by it one day! It's not a monster yet, but it's almost a monster. There's no monster in this world that doesn't eat people! "Lin Dong said that there was no room for negotiation.
"Can't we catch it and put it in the Giant Lizard Canal?" Chu Ling 'er pitifully grabbed Lin Dong's hand and wouldn't let go.
"I won't keep a ticking time bomb by my side!" Lin Dong rejected this request.
"I hate you!" Chu Ling 'er was very sad. She threw all the candies, sour plums, biscuits, and chocolates into the water as a return gift for the little spiky ball. The little spiky ball jumped around in the water, stirring up splashes from time to time, trying its best to please her. However, Chu Ling 'er didn't continue to play with it. She turned around and ran away with Lin Dong in tears, leaving sadly.
The monster followed them from afar.
It only left reluctantly when Lin Dong turned around to chase it away.
To Chu Ling 'er, its behavior was cute, but to Cheng Mingge and Yu Tongtong, it was terrifying!
Although it couldn't speak, in terms of intelligence, it was probably better than a few years old! Luckily, this monster was trapped underground. If it could come out, it would be a hundred times more dangerous than the DarkRiver Lizard!
Yun You You smiled as she looked at it.
For someone like her who had seen a real monster after breaking the seal, this little spiky ball could only be considered a junior monster. Truly terrifying fellows, such as the long worm monster, had a body over 100 meters long, fangs as sharp as blades, and thorns as long as spears. With a single attack, it was capable of shattering a mountain. She understood why Lin Dong didn't want to accept this spiky ball. Although this spiky ball was intelligent, it was still too weak. It was simply not qualified to be the guardian beast in his heart …
Moreover, among all the monsters capable of living for several hundred years, which one of them wasn't an old fox?
As for the powerful DarkRiver Lizards?
That was only relative to humans.
After entering the seal, they were merely existences at the lowest level of the food chain among the monsters.
When they returned to the stone rooms left behind by the ancients, the genetic warriors had already completed their training, capturing close to 300 DarkRiver Lizards. Fang Yizhi and the rest were very satisfied with this training. During this arduous mission, not only had they increased their strength, their confidence had also increased greatly. They were convinced that if they were to continue this training, they would no longer need five people, or two people, or even just one person to challenge these DarkRiver Lizards. This would allow them to reach the standard set by Lin Dong.
Lin Dong praised them slightly. "Not bad. Let's return and continue our training."
In order to maintain the fanaticism and reverence in the hearts of the genetic warriors, Lin Dong did this.
Lin Dong chased the hundreds of Dark River Monitor Lizards to the shallows. With just one move, the entire horde of Monitor Lizards was knocked unconscious in the knee-deep river water in a few seconds. The genetic warriors shouted crazily as they looked at Lin Dong with fanatical eyes. In their hearts, this man was the legendary God of War.
Dean Qu was waiting outside.
When he heard that Lin Dong had accidentally captured close to 2,000 DarkRiver Lizards, he was so excited that he almost had a brain hemorrhage … Presently, there was no need to fear too many. The Great Lizard Canal could easily contain tens of thousands of DarkRiver Lizards. Moreover, if they really couldn't do it, they could simply build another Great Lizard Canal. What they lacked now was raw materials. The life force contained within the DarkRiver Lizards was something the crocodiles, snakes, turtles, and other reptiles outside could not compare to.
However, what confused Dean Qu and Elder Yan was this.
The newly captured DarkRiver Lizards looked almost the same as the previous ones. However, they belonged to two completely different species.
The several hundred DarkRiver Lizards from the Dragon's Mouth Mine had firmly occupied most of the territory. As for the 2,000 DarkRiver Lizards from the Immortal's Cave, they only dared to move about in one-fifth of the territory. They even left a huge empty space in the middle as a buffer.
"These big guys seem to be weaker." Dean Qu felt that the DarkRiver Lizards from the Immortal's Cave seemed to have grown in size.
"Luckily, there are many of them." Elder Yan was very satisfied. No matter how weak they were, they were still DarkRiver Lizards. If they were to fight them one-on-one, even the most ferocious saltwater Crocodiles would be able to kill them instantly. They just couldn't defeat the DarkRiver Lizards from the Dragon's Mouth Mine.
Within the Immortal's Cave's stone chamber.
Lin Dong reminded Cheng Mingge to look after the cute girl, Chu Ling 'er, and the rest. "I've played with you guys for a few days. Rest well. I'm going to explore deeper into this DarkRiver. Don't go out for now. If you have nothing to do, go fishing or play cards. It's not safe outside now. I'll be back soon. It won't take more than two days. "
For safety's sake, Lin Dong purposely closed the secret door of the stone room.
With the protection of the female soldiers and Qianjun and Ye Qianru, Lin Dong was not worried about their safety.
Lin Dong believed that the ancients didn't just leave behind a stone room. There must be more secrets in the depths of the DarkRiver. Then, what would the secret in the Immortal's Cave be? After three days of observation and sensing, Lin Dong was even more excited.
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